Hamid said police investigations showed that a group, masterminded by a leader of a political party, was behind the clips.

“It is aimed at slandering and tarnishing the reputation of certain individuals. The video clip was spread with the intention of creating anxiety among the people.”

Hamid added that the video was produced by parties who were paid hundreds of thousands of ringgit.

Previously, then Santubong PKR Youth chief Haziq Aziz had admitted to being one of two people in a viral video of two men engaging in sex acts.

He named Azmin as the other person in the video, a claim the economic affairs minister has strongly denied.

Police have so far arrested nine people for distributing the clips, including Haziq and Perak PKR leader Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak, who is also PKR president Anwar Ibrahim’s political secretary.